Ethnic Differences in Perceived Impairment and Need for Care

Autor/inn/en	Chavez, Ligia M.; Shrout, Patrick E.; Alegria, Margarita; Lapatin, Sheri; Canino, Glorisa
Titel	Ethnic Differences in Perceived Impairment and Need for Care
Quelle	In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38 (2010) 8, S.1165-1177 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-0627
DOI	10.1007/s10802-010-9428-8
Schlagwörter	Health Services; Mental Health Programs; Severity (of Disability); Ethnic Groups; Vignettes; Behavior Problems; Hispanic Americans; Children; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Schweregrad; Ethnie; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Child; Kind; Kinder; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Latino children in the U.S. have high rates of unmet need for mental health services, perhaps due to biased perceptions of impairment and need for care by parents and providers. We tested this argument using an experimental vignette design. Vignettes described children with problems that varied on "severity" (mild vs. serious), "nature" of the problem (internalizing vs. externalizing), as well as "gender" and "ethnicity" (Latino vs. Anglo). Raters were Latino and Anglo parents (N = 185) and providers (N = 189). Vignettes with Latino names were viewed as more impaired by both parents and providers, and this effect was significantly stronger in Latino vignettes with less severe problems. Severity and Latino features of vignettes also interacted with judgments of need for service. At higher severity, vignettes with Anglo names were judged to need service more than vignettes with Latino names, despite the same judged levels of impairment. Results are discussed in the light of the unmet need for Latinos. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10